So You Want to Be a Good Beta Reader: A How-to
Editing is the part of writing that new writers don’t like to think about: after all, shouldn’t we all be geniuses whose work springs fully-formed from their heads, complete with the helmet of fresh metaphor and the spear of insightful prose?
Except that the birth of Athena is a myth, and writing is more like actual birth—a more painful undertaking than most people want to think about, and one that can’t be accomplished alone. Here then is the beta reader’s manual: a guide to helping your critique group members reach their full writing potential.
Bear in mind the author’s intended audience.
